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    And a bite out of your ring could be painful I hasten to add. Well......., had to add that! Dark, foggy afternoon and..........

    Shaggy dog story now so look away now - except for BAR and Muffer who've been there and chased us around the ranges...........
    When the catch on an L1A1 fails (or it's not attached firmly they move forwards a tad during recoil and the muzzle ring can drop off the F/E. But the close tolerance at the catch end doesn't seem to allow the bullet to catch the ring - the bayonet just drops off! We had to shoot with bayonets fixed on the 'advance to contact' shoots*. Always an adrenaline rush with RCO's shouting and bawling at the 25yd squat or kneel firing point where we were meant to keep both eyes open! *I don't seem to remember these advance to contact shoots in the UKicon, only in Malaya and Australiaicon. Keeping both eyes open and in the crouched aim was purgatory because even with one of those green beeny or jungle hats on (also called 'CAPS, Cxxx') the sweat would pour down and into your eyes and sting like mad until you could douse them clean with your water bottle. For the first Op Training shoots you filled your 2x water bottles with water and that powdered orange or lemon powder that was meant to be sugar free. But it still turned sticky so the next time - just plain water that started off cool from the chiller outside the kitchen but was hot within an hour!

    I always had my gas fully closed because if you had a gas stoppage on the run-downs and last 100 yard, fix bayonet and advance to contact phase, the RCO's would just shout and bawl even more and it was NEVER the fault of the rifle or ammo, just the bloke who's head was 'full of sxxx and twigs'. And if you were one of the lightweight young slim nashos shooting from the crouched down/on your haunches/squatting position and rolled backwards from the recoil, well....... it was like the world had come to an end. Talking of which, I wonder where my mate Alan Sanford is now? Happy days........ Yes they were looking back and great blokes too

    Wish I'd taken to enjoying myself more during out monthly Military Training phases. Only 3 or 4 days a month or as as I remember, just to keep you on your toes...... unlimited ammo, blank, pyrotechnics and grenades

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    Quote Originally Posted by Peter Laidlericon View Post
    And a bite out of your ring could be painful
    And who would weld it shut again for you?

    The rest I remember, never put anything but water in your water vessels...or it comes back to bite you in the...well, you get it.
    Regards, Jim

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    Just a quick thank you to Geoff / bigduke6 for refurbishing my Indian 1A bayonet. It looks fantastic and you are very kind.
    Thanks Mark, looks good, but were credit is due think another member here is also responsible for bringing it back up to scratch ??

    Always a pleasure to help out, and to be honest the small area I did ( from the crosspiece to the pommel were sand blasted then finished with the phosphate) doesn't take too much time but its a always race against the weather and I rather do a batch of stuff as getting covered in grit and sand is the same as what they say about the sand when your on the beach........hence the time factor from posting to being returned.
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    Pete, The orange/ yellow Powdered was known as Jungle juice. Or screech by the unit cooks/ chefs..Have you seen the inside of a white porcelain mug after drinking this stuff?.......The staining made me wonder what it did to our insides!....

    I had a few mates in the Army Catering Corps (It was always a wise move to have mates in that Corps. For MY part, I always ate VERY well indeed!..... )
    They informed Me that they also used it for scrubbing down Formica table tops!!!! How corrosive was that stuff?.........

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    that jungle juice stuff came as orange and lemon and was very much an acquired taste. I quite liked it but it came to us in tins (the UKicon stuff or VERY rarely,) the Aust stuff, in sachets. Most of us would keep a few sachets in our pouches but once the sachet was opened the damp would get to the sachet no matter how tightly you closed it. No seal-top bags then! Jungle juice......... We also used get a sort of biscuit wrapped in tight cellophane called 'ANZACS' they were very nice

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    Quote Originally Posted by Peter Laidlericon View Post
    that jungle juice stuff came as orange and lemon and was very much an acquired taste.
    Kind of like whiskey sours in Cyprus...
    Regards, Jim

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